The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, October 16, 1916, LAST EDITION, Image 4

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wp5 J" '-J"JRUMANIANS MEET REVERSES-ROME'S IDEA OF PEACELondon,- Teutonic troops havebroken through Gymes pass and invaded Northwestern Rumania.Severe fighting is going on onRumanian soil near town of Palanka.Austro-Germans are attempting todrive southward along the TerguOcna railway to cut main railwayline supplying the Northern Rumanian armies.In the extreme north near Bukowinan frontier Rumanians are falling back upon their own border, butalong wholes southern frontier ofTransylvania they are vigorouslycounter attacking. Southeast ofKronstadt Rumanians have wrestedinitiative from the Austro-Germanyarmy that attempted to marchsouthward into Rumania and havewon local successes.Rome. Austria must be destroyedas a state and Germany deprived ofevery thought of dominating theworld before the war can end, SignorBissolati, civil commissioner for war,Socialist leader, soldier and one ofmost powerful figures in Italian cabinet, said 'today.To consent to peace now would bean. act of treason on part of any allied nation, he declared.London. Nationalist governmentset Hp on island of Crete by ex-PremierVeniezlos has been recognizedby French consul.New York. Nation-wide organization of Greeks in "Venizelos party"favoring Greece's intervention in waron side of allies planned by Greekleaders. ,London. British patrqj penetrated Macedonian village of Bursuk,driving back Bulgarian detachmentBritish aviators attack Buk bridge.London. Aided by liquid fire andheavy cannonading the Germanslaunched unusually heavy attackagainst Schwaben redoubt, north ofThiepval, but were repulsed withheavy losses.Beriiru via Wireless to -Say-vJIIe- .Seventy 'allied aeroplanes, of which21 were French and 53 English, wereshot down and fell into Germanhands during month 'of September.Petrograd. Teutons have counter-attackedrepeatedly in great battle now raging north of Korytnica,but have, been repelled with heavylosses. Heavy fighting occurring onwide portion of both Volhynian andGalician fronts. Obstinate battles'continue north of Zbarow and northof Stanislau, where Teutonic attempted advance was driven back byRussian fire.Bucharest. Rumanian troops occupied villages of Sanagligomen, Giocado Bronului and Giocastri Catuluiin new counter offensive against theTeutons in Alt valley region.o oSUPPORT OF RAILWAY HEADSHEARTENS DEMOCRATSLong Branch, N. J., Oct. 16?Statements by F. D. Underwood,'presndent of the Erie railroad, andRobert S. Lovett, chairman of theboard of the Union Pacific railroad,endorsing President Wilson and disputing claims that the presidentacted with political expediency whenhe forced through congress theeighjrhour law for railroads is the,best news which has struck ShadowLawn in some days, the president'spolitical lteutenants declared today.Party leaders here who two weeksago were dubious todax are literallywalking on air. They f eeVthe slump ..has passed and that "Hughes willnever be able to catch up again.Their views are based on scores oftelegrams coming-in from their lieutenants all over the country andcontributions amounting ta something like $20,000 a day arc materially boostingtheir optimism. Duringthe last five days $150,000 were rungup in Democratic cash registers.o oAuto bandits, held up Jos. Seslor,3845 Lowe av., at Root and Princeton. When they found he had only v.35 cents they threatenedTio beat him